The Toth Case Editorial at June 21 1977
An editorial discusses the KGB detention of Los Angeles Times correspondent Robert Toth in Moscow. It argues the arrest aimed to intimidate Western journalists and dissidents, and notes US protests to the Soviet Union. The Belgrade Helsinki conference context is cited as a backdrop to Soviet pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KGB
Carter Administration
Moscow
Robert Toth
Los Angeles Times
Valery G. Petyukhov
Carter
United States
Toth
Belgrade
Oswald
Fair Play For
Cuba
Dallas
Abt
John Abt
Communist Party
USA
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Federalese Reform Aims to Make Rules Plain English
President Carter calls for plain English in federal rules and the effort gains traction amid workshops by the Federal Register. Lawyers resist, claiming complexity cannot be simplified, while officials warn the vast Code of Federal Regulations and OSHA rules pose translation challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Federal Register
Compendium of
Register
OSHA
Mondale speech near end of white South Africa unity crisis
Mondale called for one man one vote in South Africa prompting a hard line rally among Afrikaners and alarm among moderates. Vorster framed the Vienna meeting as a display of U S policy while U S diplomats split on whether it will force concessions as Namibian independence nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
South Africa
Mondale
John Vorster
Vienna
U. S
Carter
Verkrampte
Laager
Verkramptes
Vorster
U.S
South West Africa
Namibia
Fritz Mondale
Progressive Reform Party
Washington
Angola
Andy Young
A glance at yesterday June 21 across decades
A historical roundup from June 21 across years shows aviation plans in 1927 San Francisco as fifty flights are anticipated, a 1937 Vancouver passenger flight from Moscow to the pole highlighting a new air lane, a 1957 U N Command buildup in Panmunjom amid armistice tensions, and a 1967 UN clash over Israel’s Jerusalem stance with Israel reaffirming control of the Old City Sector.
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San Francisco
The
Pacific
Vancouver Wash
Moscow
Panmunjom
U.N
Republic of Korea
United Nations
N.Y
Britain Today
Israel
Jerusalem
Old City
Mythmaking Nonsense on Conspiracy Theories After Ray Capture
A New York Daily News take discusses how James Earl Rays capture ends the so called conspiracy myth makers. It argues conspiracists rely on partial facts to spin sensational theories harming public trust and seeking personal gain.
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New York City
James Earl Ray
New York Daily News
Ray
Sirhan
Kennedy
Oswald
Sirhan Sirhan
Martin Luther King
King
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Ugly Pattern Of Protest Over Nuclear Demonstrations
Ralph Nader questions if violence could threaten atomic plants as anti-nuclear protests remain largely peaceful in the US. A German branch shows rising ugliness with a documented training camp for attacks on Grohnde, while West German police suffer injuries. The irony is Soviet bloc nations pursue their own nuclear programs. James Burnham links the protests to a broader global conflict and possible KGB influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Nader
New York Village Voice
Seabrook
New Hampshire
Nader
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
West Germany
Germany
Die Welt
Nucleonics
Petr Beckmann
Access To Energy
Boulder
Colo
Bund
Grohnde
Lower Saxony
Czechslovakia
James Burnham
KGB
West
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Che Monroe News Star
Jack §. Campbell
Jack C. Gates
Lefortovo
State Department
Russia
Solzhenitsyn
John O. Morris
Hartford
Morris
Health, Education and Welfare Dept
John Morris
United Party
R. F
Pik) Botha
Andrew Young
Young
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Small Society
Brickman
Mensc
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
White House
Lee Harvey Oswald
Mark Lane
Legal Counsel
John Chamberlain
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